Jane Smith set a new British Championship record en route to her second gold medal at the British National Diving Championships in Sheffield. Smith beat Tracey Richardson to win the women's 3m springboard final on the last day of competition.

IUPUI senior Bryce Cox (East Noble) was named the Diver of the Year by the Mid-Continent Conference. Cox won the 3-meter board at the conference meet with a school-record score of 520.85 points. He also captured the 1-meter board. . . . Purdue freshman Steven LoBue was the Diver of the Week in the Big Ten after winning the 3-meter.

Jeff Smith to collect his bachelor's degree, 19 years after earning springboard national title..... "I did two dives and the swimming coach comes running up and says are you paying for school and do you have eligibility? I said yes and yes. I got a scholarship."

MALAYSIAN diving queen Leong Mun Yee felt she was robbed of the chance to win her second gold medal in the competition at the National Aquatic Centre in Hanoi yesterday.  “In my heart, I know that my form has not declined compared to the KL SEA Games or last year's Busan Asian Games. I was just a bit surprised over the marks they gave me. But I expect these things to happen. One has to accept it, although it may seem unfair.”

"I always seem to let it get to me," she said. "I never dive well. I always get too nervous." Which is ironic considering that she performs well in various zone and regional meets. "They're bigger meets," she said, "and they don't bother me as much as states."

Katura Horton-Perinchief is a talented junior on The University of Texas women's diving squad. After earning All-Big 12 Conference honors last year on the 3m springboard and the platform, Perinchief represented Bermuda at the World Championships in Barcelona as well as the Pan American Games

"A lot of coaches come up to me and ask me to play other sports, but it's not really going to get me anywhere," he said. "Diving is what's going to get me somewhere."

This was a huge 400% increase on the number who competed last year and every indication is next year will be even larger.

"This is a rebuilding year," Looze said. "(IU diving) coach (Jeff) Huber and I decided to take a hit on the talent that would be available to us this year."... Five divers and one swimmer are being redshirted this season to make way for a very strong squad during 2004-05.

George Mason senior diver Jamie Downing was selected as the Colonial Athletic Association's co-Outstanding Aquatics Performer of the Week after leading GMU's women to a second-place finish at the recent Patriot Invitational in Fairfax.

The divers added valuable points to the Bulldog effort. Freshman Chris Colwill took top honors on the platform with an overall score of 502.30. Athens native Todd Avery placed third with a score of 477.05. more

"This was a good opportunity for us to see if we were on schedule with our fall training," Penn State diving coach Craig Brown said. "It makes us much more comfortable going into the spring." .. Lisa Silvestri had the highest place finish for the Nittany Lion divers after she took second in the 3-meter with a score of 505.3. more

 In diving events, Chinese Peng Bo defeated his teammate Liu Junhong to claim the title of men's 1-meter springboard with 443.20 points. This is the first gold medal that China won in the Games. Natalia Umyskova of Russia ran past China's duo Yang Yuting andZhang Jing to win the gold medal of women's 3m springboard diving. Umyskova collected 575.65 points to claim the title, beating Yang Yuting into second place on 555.75 points. Zhang Jing, the 1m springboard champion of the second World Military Games in 1999, got the bronze on 540.35. more

Arizona State's Trisha Tumlinson recorded two of the school records at the time--which she later broke--finishing 2nd in both the 1-meter, championship dive (291.95) and the 10m (453.15).

Herboth attends East Mecklenburg High School and is coached at Fuel Diving by UNC alumnus and former Tar Heel diving coach Ted Hautau. Herboth is a two-time high school All-America diver and three-time junior national finalist. He was the 2001 junior national runnerup on the three-meter board.

UCLA Diving Coach Tom Stebbins has received a National Letter of Intent from Heather Peng. Shannon Hackett, Erin Ketchum, Jillian Ochs, Heather Peng and Nicolette Teo will join the Bruins as true freshmen in 2004.

While growing up in Michigan, the last thing Jerry Slebiska ever thought he would be was a diving coach, and for good reason. "I was never a diver," he admitted.

But Evan doesn't have the same interest in basketball as his siblings. His favorite sport is diving, and he recently signed a letter of intent with Georgia Tech to pursue his passion. more

One of the top highlights from the day was the perfornance of Marshall diver Casey Mullholland (So., Stone Mountain, Ga.) . Mullholand won the 1-meter with a score of 245.02 and 3-meter with an NCAA Diving Zones qualifying score of 274.20.

UT freshman diver Jevon Tarantino - who won 3-meter diving on Thursday - took the Houston Invitational 1-meter springboard title Friday with 579.8 points. John Venditti of UT was second. Lady Vol diver Lauryn McCalley won for the second time in two days, taking women's 3-meter (513.65 points).

"I have had the fortune to grow in the world of the dives. Then it was not necessary to make of the astronomical things as it happens today. They have grown to Bolzano, they have gone to school like all and the dives were a hobby. The swimming pool was beautiful of summer living, to train itself until becoming progressively in a position to facing the first contests in order to arrive to the Olympic Games, the maximum aspiration ". more translated

For diving specificly, the loss of Crystal Palace would prove catastrophic: it would leave the South East with no facility at all, the nearest being Southampton and Sheffield, the new Greater London, Eastern and South Eastern regions would have no facility at all for highboard or synchro diving, and no pool that could host National level championships. more

Earlier this week, Lee signed a letter of intent with Michigan, where she will enroll next fall... Lee was not a diver from the beginning. She actually was a top-flight junior gymnastics performer until the sixth grade. She reached Level 9 status but gave gymnastics up for a full-time commitment to diving. more

Divers battling misperceptions

Sport demands commitment and strength, teens say

"My favorite thing is probably the thrill of learning new dives," said Boudia, who is 5-5, 124 pounds....Greene and Boudia are two divers in northern Indianapolis hoping for success...Happy to see any area talent succeed is John Wingfield, diving coach at Hamilton Southeastern. more

Diving into life

Littleton's Dara Marin not only dives into her sport, she dives into helping others, an exceptional student-athlete who makes time to help the handicapped and less privileged. She finished fourth last weekend at the coaches' invitational meet. more

For the boys, Matt Schutz won the diving competition with 268.65 as LaPorte took the top three spots. Alex Konowitx and David Tucker were 2nd and 3rd.

Drexel's Anthony Perry took first place in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events. Steve Reustle finished strong behind Perry with a second place finish on the 3-meter and third place finish on the 1-meter. Evamarie Guerrieri placed third on the 3-meter and sixth place on the 1-meter.

Lampe was the NorCal and Central Coast Section champion, as well as a prep All-American in the spring of 2003. She has also qualified for Junior Nationals eight times with a top finish of fourth-place at the 2002 Winter Junior Nationals. Lampe dives for Stanford Diving coached by Dr. Rick Schavone . "Katie has great potential and should be an excellent addition to an already strong women's diving program," said Stanford diving coach Dr. Rick Schavone . "She specializes in the platform, which is the primary area our team needs to improve."

"Anyone over 6 years old can join in this class. Whether fat or thin, tall or short, they are welcomed to have a diving experience here," said Yu, who coached world and Olympic champions Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing. more

China's national association for aquatic sports changed its name and new leaders were elected at its third national congress in Beijing Wednesday. The national association, originally known as China Swimming Sports Association, has been renamed as China Swimming Association (CSA). Among the 21 vice-presidents are Yang Shu'an, vice-president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ( BOC OG)

The re-opening of West Wave's competition dive pool on the weekend, barely caused a ripple – but that was only due to the skill of champion New Zealand diver, Kaitlyn White, who had the honour of the first dive... Showing the talent that is likely to get her selection for next year's Olympic Games in Athens, 15-year-old Kaitlyn executed an impressive dive off the 5m platform,

Siracusano, who came to SIU from the St. Louis area, was one of the world's top divers in the early '90s...He was a seven-time All-American on the 1 and 3-meter boards. He competed in four NCAA Meets in his four years and led SIU to three Top 25 finishes at the NCAA Meet. more

OLD IS GOLD: Leong Mun Yee, the oldest of all the divers at 19, will be out to win at least a gold in Vietnam. The Star, Malaysia more

Because of the long layoff between meets, diving coach Keith Russell said this should be an interesting competition. "I'm looking for our NCAA qualifiers, Justin Beardall and Scott Randall, to carry their momentum into this competition," Russell said. "I expect us to do well." more

His grandparents Tom and Barbara Donnet were both Olympic standard divers and coaches and Barbara was the platform diving gold medallist at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. His mother, and now coach, Bambi, was also a springboard world masters champion. more

OSU falls to Michigan Freshman Julie Broms continued her success with the Buckeyes, placing first in both the 1-meter dive with a score of 281.70 and the 3-meter dive with a score of 293.63, both NCAA zone diving qualifying marks. Broms has placed first in all but one of the diving events so far in the dual meet season.

Benton said Wednesday's induction was particularly special to him because he participates in a sport that often goes unrecognized by the general public. "It's definitely an honor for me to be here," he said, "especially with diving." Benton is the first diver ever inducted into the West Shore's Hall of Fame. He won six league championships for the Mechanicsburg Acquatic Club. He went to states nine teams and nationals four during his career with the West Shore Y. He was a six-time All-American at Clarion, finished second at the NCAAs in 1-meter competition and won the 3-meter competition his senior year. more

For Rutkowski, who has gone from champion to ineligible to injured, appearing on the board will be an accomplishment in itself.

Junior Peter Donohue (Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin) posted the MAC's top scores in both the one- and three-meter diving events in his first meet of the season, including a score of 323.85 from the one-meter board.

NEW HAVEN -- When Torrington High's Ali Bronson took up diving in her freshman year, she struggled with the transition of incorporating her skills from gymnastics to diving.

Yeagley hung around Counsilman and Billingsley, trying to absorb what he could about leadership and motivation.

Whether this victory was truly an upset or a sign of things to come, all agree that it could not have arrived at a better time. For those with short memories, next Monday will mark the one-year anniversary of the administration's decision to cancel the swim program more

Dartmouth College, dives into the pool during swim practice. College President James Wright is scheduled to accept a check for $2.26 million from private fund raising that will fund the college's swim and dive programs for 10 years.

In the diving well, Andrew Sivulka claimed a first-place victory with a 323.47on the 1-meter and a second-place score on the 3-meter (325.05). “It is great to see Andrew Sivulka come back with such great enthusiasm and talent,” AU Diving Coach Jeff Shaffer said. “I can tell he is going to be a huge contributor come SEC and NCAA time.”

USC freshman diver Michael Hilde was second in the platform to Vincent, and freshman Kenny Jenkins was fourth in platform. "Our diving is head and shoulders above anything we've seen while we've been here and anything USC has had in a while," said Staley. (the swim coach) --The Daily Trojan

Tennessee Lady Vols' Brittany Fulmer, daughter of UT football coach Phillip Fulmer, adds depth to Dave Parrington's group of divers that includes All-Americans Kylee Wells and Lauryn McCalley. Jaime Sanger, SEC women's diver of the year, graduated. more

Anchorage Daily News Chugiak senior divers Chad Frichtl and Jesse Earp captivated an otherwise frenzied crowd at the state swimming and diving championships Saturday as the pair continued Chugiak's dominance on the one-meter springboard. They won the boys and girls titles, respectively, by more than 50 points each. more

DENISE CHRISTIANSEN GATER: A former national champion and four-year All-American diver from 1977-82, Denise won the AIAW national 3-meter diving title in 1980, .... A four-time All-American, Christiansen Gater was a key performer on Texas' 1982 AIAW national championship team ... Denise won a gold medal in 3-meter diving at the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico, a stunning accomplishment for a college sophomore ...more